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One of the few 10s (might be only?) I've given in both Clannad and Clannad AS.

Was looking forward to this part being animated the most out of all the scenes in the game and I have to say it was a really amazing episode and really hits a homerun on one of the concepts of family. I think it's going to be hard to top this episode in the remaining...6(?) episodes.

Oh my god! I didn't even cry this much in 16. I knew it would happen. Was the same for the game. I always loved the talk that he had with his father and then when he lets Ushio cry in his arms. I didn't mind it being shortened it was all in there. My favorite episode of all f Clannad so far ^-^.

Hollly snap, I watched this episode 3 times and I cried 3 times!! I didn't think these kinds of scenes would get me like that...especially since Ushio only appeared for the 2nd episode O_O But her relationshp with Tomoya was already so ...so well developed and clear...that's why the climax was so touching. Ushio's voice actor is amazing *_*

No 10 no cry, but I certainly would not disagree with the sentiment put forth by most here. Clannad is the type of series that explores it's core theme quite well when it really gets down too it. I'll take this type of episode over the wacky comedy episodes that dominated the first seasons non-character arc climax episodes and the first half of this season any week of the month. I'll also take good drama over this shows style of comedy every time as well.

This was an episode and plot sequence I've been looking forward to and KyoAni did not disappoint in the least. It was worth the wait to see this animated. It was perfectly directed, acted, animated, you name it. In fact, KyoAni actually improved upon the sequence from the visual novel by virtue of the medium. A perfect adaptation of an amazing moment in an amazing story.

It certainly doesn't hurt that this episode contains the best singular moment to be found in that visual novel. In turn, it is the best episode in either series to date by far. I cannot see them topping this (Key certainly never did). You are quite possibly heartless if you've been watching the series and this episode doesn't get to you. (No offense to Kaioshin, who never really got into this franchise to the degree probably required to get emotional here.)

KyoAni's design for Okazaki Shino seems to be a bit thinner than the KEY take.

This episode reduced me to tears the moment when Shino makes that one sincere request to her grandson about telling Naoyuki that his job is done. It crushes me to see her hitting the nail on the board about what her grandson has to do, as it is painful to me to see a grandmother in her remaining days to still have such intense concerns over her child and grandchild.

I don't want to speculate on how painful it actually is for Sanae to tell her grandchild that she can only cry in a bathroom or in her father's arms. I can only say that Ushio has been incredably lonely for the last few years of her life, and that having Tomoya assume his responsibilities is the best for everyone. To imagine what the corrospondance between Sanae and Shino would've entailed makes me feel ever more sober than before.

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I just never really felt the need to cry. To me it's not that kind of scenario.

Spoiler for Comparison with a non-anime show and reference to this episode:

To me it's a matter of feeling a sense of renewed respect for somebody who has finally realized what they need to do and for getting started on turning their life around.

As a comparison there was a similar themed episode of Battlestar Galactica (A show that also has themes of family and comradery) that I saw a few nights ago where a character hit a rough patch in their life after the loss of his wife and started feeling sorry for himself instead of getting back to doing his required duty. In fact he ended up in a downward spiral much like Tomoya did after the events of episode 16. Eventually though he realized (this took quite a few more episodes then it did for Clannad mind you) that he was fast becoming what he despised in another person he knew and decided it was high time to turn it around and to get back to doing what was required of him to help keep the crew (the family if you will) intact.

It wasn't something I felt any need to cry over, but rather something that filled me with a sense of immense satisfaction in finally seeing things set right for this character and the crew that needed his guiding hand. The scenario is the same for me here, I feel no need to cry over what transpired, rather I am filled with a similar sense of satisfaction feelings of pride for Tomoya getting over his loss in time to finally assume his responsibilities as a father before he misses Ushio's entire childhood and becomes worse then his own father.

I like the morality tale aspect of both these stories too combined with the theme of a person coming to terms with himself and taking the first step into the rest of his life.

I hope that clears up why I come across as a heartless bastard a little.

Except it wasn't really even sad, it was actually one of the first kind of uplifting and optomistic episodes in a while by the end of it all. The only scene that I found remotely qualifies as cry worth was

Spoiler:

the part where Tomoya is reminiscing about Nagisa. And even then that's supposed to be a sign of him getting over her death and recognizing that his time with her was valuable and worth treasuring instead of trying to forget about it. I can understand getting a little teary eyed since it's quite sentimental on a number of levels, but bawling just strikes me as excessive. This isn't a crying contest after all. Okay yes it is....

Anyway, I guess I could end this sentence off in a unique way and offer some comfort if people really feel like crying for whatever reason.

Um...there there? *hands out the virtual tissues*

P.S: Yes, I realize that part of discussing this anime is in claiming how much it makes one cry and trying to top one another in this regard, but I just don't see the point is all. To me it's just not that kind of episode and the emotion strikes me as inappropriate. I'd rather save it for the right moments should it ever come. I guess I'll just have to be known as that one heartless guy who did not cry during this episode. And really it looks like I'm probably going to be the only one the way it's going. Meh....whatever, I guess it just proves once again that I view and react to this show a lot differently then everyone else.

P.S: Yes, I realize that part of discussing this anime is in claiming how much it makes one cry and trying to top one another in this regard, but I just don't see the point is all. To me it's just not that kind of episode and the emotion strikes me as inappropriate. I'd rather save it for the right moments should it ever come. I guess I'll just have to be known as that one heartless guy who did not cry during this episode. And really it looks like I'm probably going to be the only one the way it's going. Meh....whatever, I guess it just proves once again that I view and react to this show a lot differently then everyone else.

Hyperbole is part and parcel of the internet.

That said, I am very satisfied as a player of the game version. They surely preserved the tear valves. I kinda wept.

I guessed to myself the reason for her stubberness over the toy was because it was from he dad......but the scene where he started remembering Nagisa, it was the 1st ever time i've felt choked up over something on TV, then again, never watched something along this genre line before either

That said, I am very satisfied as a player of the game version. They surely preserved the tear valves. I kinda wept.

SWITCH ON! *Watches Kleenex sales skyrocket*

Just call me a tougher sell then I suppose. By the looks of it though I'm going to be not only the one person who didn't cry during this episode, but the only serious person who thought this episode was very good instead of flat out perfect. My goal wasn't initially to stick out like a sore thumb though.